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Deadly Deba

Deba Prasad Dhar

Deba Prasad Dhar

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Had ICC legitimised beamers, Deba would have probably opened the bowling for India. Claims that unlike Sir Len Hutton, he has never got out Obstructing the Field. Fortunately for the game, there were no takers for his argument. Finally, he chose the pen to vent his spleen at the establishment, and till to date the BCCI continues to present him scores of opportunities. After spending the better part of his youth in a plastic company and plugging away mindlessly at the computer, he has found his true metier in sports writing.

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A blind impersonation

Posted Thursday , April 26, 2007 19:35

Remember Croatia’s Goran Ivanisevic, the ace-hurtling machine? How his opponents barely got their racquet strings to his booming serves. So much so that Sweden's Stefan Edberg lamented: "It’s not about power but how well you move on court." We may, however, recall that Ivanisevic’s game came a cropper against Pete Sampras who had a more nuanced style. Sampras, winner of 14 Grand Slams, was endowed with all the varied elements involved in tennis: accurate serve, deep shoestring volley, sliced backhand, a compelling service return and certainly....

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What was Sri Lanka up to?

Posted Tuesday , April 17, 2007 22:52

Ricky Ponting, now dance down the wicket and hit Muttiah Muralitharan over the top. Come on Matthew Hayden try to bullyrag Chaminda Vaas. Saliva dripped in our mouths at the prospect of this World Cup's bestseller: Australia v Sri Lanka. How we squandered words over this tussle. For quite some time the sports pages were getting unendurable. Glenn McGrath keeps avowing that Australia will win this World Cup without losing a game. Ponting says India and Pakistan do not deserve station in the Super Eight. While that is true,....

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